Improvement in wagon-couplings



NITED STATES JOHN W. ODANIEL, OF OLOVERDAL, INDIANA.

PATENT OFFICE IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-C'OUFILINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,892, dated November 28, 1876; application tiled .June 19, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ODANIEL, of Cloverdale, in the county of Putnam and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Couplings, of which the following is a specification:

Figure' l is a plan view of thewagon to which 1ny improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a top view of the joint-connection enlarged. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the pivoted vibrating connection or coupling enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will lfirst be fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

A, wheels; B, hind hounds; C, king-brace of hounds extending to the rear of axle; M, rear axle; N, front axle of a Wagon While 011 a turn; g g, nuts to fasten bars F to E. The joint connect-ion or coupling by which the front and hind gears are coupled, so that both may oscillate in turning around curves, as indicated in Fig. l, consists of a pivoted oscillating slider, G, pivoted to the rear bar J of the front gear, as shown in Fig. 3, and formed with two holes, so as to slide freely on the double bars F,l which are attached to and under the front end oi' the hind hounds B. The bars F extend in front of the hounds B, and pass through the slider G, allowing` it to slide and oscillare in any direction, as the distance between centers I of the reach D varies when turning around curves. The bars F are held in place by passing through the iron support on front end of the rear hound-s, and the crosssupport E, which are secured to the hound B, and also serves fora support for a brake. The bar J is secured to the front gear by passing through irons on the sway-bar L, and the frontends attached to a bar made fast to the lower side of the front hounds O, directly beneath the upper sway-barP. The connection between the hounds O and the forward axle N is strengthened by the bracestraps B. Between the sliding holes in the slider G, and at right angles, is formed a beveled hole, G', for the pivot H to work in, as indicated at Fig. 3. Said pivot is formed with an enlarged balllike center, S, which allows slider G to oscillate in any direction. .Both ends of the pivot Hare secured to the front bar J. The bars F and J are adjustable for an extension of coupling, and can be taken off when desired to use as an old-style wagon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a wagon-coupling, the adjustable bar F, having the perforated oscillating slider G and the pivot-bolt H, formed with an enlarged center, as shown, in combination with the bar J attached to the front hounds, all constructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN W. ODANIEL.

Witnesses:

M. E. BROWN, S. M. ODANIEL. 

